1. Daily Stand-up / Daily Scrum
Typical updates:
- What did I do yesterday? → Yesterday, I worked on/finished the login API and user authentication feature.
- What will I do today? → Today, I’ll continue working on the payment integration / I’ll fix the bugs in ticket #123.
- Any blockers? → I’m blocked by the API response delay from the third-party service. / No blockers. / I’m unblocked now.
Requests for support:
- I need some help from [name] on this task.
- I’m stuck on this issue, can we pair-program later?
2. Sprint Planning / Estimation
- How many story points is this task? → I’d say 5 points / It’s a 3.
- This task is bigger than it looks. Can we split it?
- We should break this user story into smaller tasks.
- Do we have enough capacity this sprint?
- I can take this task / I can pick this up.
3. Opening & Managing the Meeting
- Let’s get started.
- Thanks everyone for joining.
- Is everyone here? / Are we missing anyone?
- Can you hear me okay? (online meeting)
- Let’s go around the room real quick.
- Who wants to start?
- Keep it short, around 1–2 minutes each person.
- Time check – we have 10 minutes left.
4. Discussing Progress & Updates
- We’re on track / ahead of schedule / a bit behind schedule.
- The feature is 80% done.
- It’s in code review right now.
- It’s deployed to staging, waiting for QA.
- We’re waiting for approval from the client.
- The build failed last night, but I fixed it this morning.
5. Raising Issues & Asking for Help
- We have a blocker.
- I found a critical bug in production.
- This will cause a delay of 2–3 days.
- Can we push this to the next sprint?
- I need clarification on this requirement.
- From my point of view… / As far as I know…
6. Grooming / Requirement Discussion
- What is the acceptance criteria for this story?
- As a user, I want to … so that …
- Can you give me an example?
- What happens if the user does X?
- Edge cases to consider: …
7. Retrospective (Retro)
- What went well? → Good communication / Fast delivery.
- What could be improved? → More unit tests / Better estimation.
- Start doing / Stop doing / Keep doing.
- I suggest we try pair programming next sprint.
- One thing I’d like to change is…
8. Client / Stakeholder Meeting
- Here’s a quick demo of the new feature.
- Do you have any feedback so far?
- Does this match your expectation?
- We’re planning to release this by the end of next week.
- Any questions or concerns from your side?
- We’ll send you the updated timeline by tomorrow.
9. Closing the Meeting
- Anything else before we wrap up?
- That’s all from my side.
- Sounds good, thank you everyone!
- Have a great day / Great weekend!
- Talk to you tomorrow at the same time.
